Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives

97 products.

Typical levels

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.

Cadmium: typically 0.55 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 27 kg (60 lb) a day; an adult at more than 100 kg.
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 1.03 ppb (FDA, 39 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 23 kg (51 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 2 of 3, average 4.6, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 3 of 3, average 1.13, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Olives, black, pitted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Olives, black, pitted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Black olives: found in 4 of 19, average 0.95, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Dill cucumber pickles: found in 17 of 20, average 3.19, highest 13 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Products

None of these has published lab results yet.

Local Carrots/ Jalapenos 14oz (E000291) El Burrito · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives
Whole Dill Pickles 96-104 pickle count per Five Gallon Pail Kaiser Pickles LLC · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · 2 additives banned somewhere
Hot Dill Pickles 7-9 count per 1 gallon Jar.Case of four 1 Gallon Jars Kaiser Pickles LLC · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · 2 additives banned somewhere
Whole Hot Dill Pickles 14-16 count per gallon. Case of four 1 Gallon Jars. Kaiser Pickles LLC · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · 2 additives banned somewhere
Kosher Style Pickles 7-9 count per 1 gallon jar.Case of 4/1 Gallon Jars. Kaiser Pickles LLC · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · 2 additives banned somewhere
Kosher Style Pickles 18-22 ct 4/1 Gallon Jars Kaiser Pickles LLC · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · 2 additives banned somewhere
Whole Sour Pickles14-16 count per 1-gallon packed in cases of four 1- gallon jars Kaiser Pickles LLC · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · 2 additives banned somewhere
Whole Sweet Gherkin Pickles packed in cases of four 1-gallon plastic jars. Kaiser Pickles LLC · Pickles/Relishes/Chutneys/Olives · 1 additive banned somewhere